ULTRAMAN GEED PRIMITIVE

S.H. FIGUARTS (BANDAI)

Fun FiQ Fact #0077:  Ultraman Geed is one of the few Ultramen whose name is also a valid word in Scrabble!

You can’t keep me away from the Ultras for too long! …unless you’re my pending review pile following today’s review, I guess.  You know, ’cause there’s no more Ultramen in it.  Not yet anyway.  Well, I guess I’ll just have to really make this one count?  I don’t know, let’s give it a try.  While my primary exposure to Ultraman remains the dubbed version of the original series, I do still dabble in some of the newer entries.  I watched a fair bit of Mebius, as well as stray episodes of a few others, which did include the first few episodes of today’s focus Geed, which is noteworthy for being the only Ultra series I’ve watched while it was still coming out.  That’s pretty cool, right?

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Ultraman Geed Primitive was released as part of Bandai’s SH Figuarts line in February of 2018, just two months after the first run of the show wrapped up. The figure stands 6 inches tall and he has 43 points of articulation. As his name implies, Geed is seen here in his “Primitive” form, which is his standardized look for the bulk of the. It’s purposefully designed to merge the classic Ultraman and Belial designs together, making it slightly more unique amongst the standard Ultras. The sculpt does a good job of recreating the look. It’s very sharply defined and clean, as well as being very accurate to the show. I was also really impressed by how the articulation was worked into the sculpt, as it’s pretty natural looking, while still maintaining a range of motion that’s better than many of the other Ultras. Geed’s color scheme sticks with the typical red and silver, with an extra dash of black thrown in. The application of the paint is all pretty clean; there’s some minor bleed over in some spots, but it’s generally solid. Geed is packed with four pairs of hands (fists, open gesture, relaxed, and flat), an hand with the Wrecking Burst effect attached, and a swappable color timer.

,

THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION

Since Ginga broke on me, I went back to the Ultra well that was the massive collection still being processed at All Time.  I knew I wanted Orb, so I was initially just planning to grab him, but Geed here was also hanging around, and I felt myself called to him as well. He was just an along for the ride figure, but I find myself really liking this one a lot. He’s simple, but works very well.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.